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Dear Family and Friends,
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we
have rushed through life trying to save." -- Will Rogers
Somehow, Daylight Savings Time notwithstanding, Will's old homily does
not describe our lives. March's lion and lamb have arrived and left
quicker than greased lightning (just how does one grease lightning?).
And in this blink of an eye, the apple of our eye has aged another month
and covered a lot of ground along the way.
Elisha started March out with her very first trip to the mall. Liz began
her shopping schooling in style by first heading to Nordstrom and then
to Coach. But Elisha was more fascinated by the Imaginarium. We let her
soak up the sights and sounds until she had achieved sensory overload.
On the 11th, her four month birthday, she had her scheduled visit with
the pediatrician. She was not exactly enamored of the injections she
received for DTP/HIB, Polio and Haemophilus - but she recovered quickly
from the insult. Her weight gain has slowed a little - she tipped the
scales at 12 lbs. 14 oz. The tale of the tape was 24 in. - up two inches
since her two month checkup. These stats continue to place her at around
the 50th percentile, which is just fine.
On the 14th she treated us to her first unmistakable laugh. Her glee is
infectious and a constant source of joy to us. On the 23rd our little
dumpling added a topping to her junket - raspberries :-) She had been
hinting at them, but now they are quite decisive. She does them
responsively and it is now our lingua franca.
The 23rd was also the first time we've put her to bed in her crib. As
much as we've enjoyed having her next to our bed, she had clearly
outgrown her bassinet. The first night in her own room she slept through
the night, and this has finally become the rule rather than the
exception. She also managed to turn 180 degrees in her crib
(feet-to-head) - how, we don't know. She's done it several times since.
Elisha is not yet turning front-to-back or vice versa, but she's getting
close. We give her "tummy time" to encourage her in this endeavor, but
she's not particularly fond of it.
Gram Pris (Liz's mom) came for a visit on the 20th (my birthday). The
next day she treated Liz and me to a wonderful dinner at L'Auberge
(where I took Liz in February for a belated Valentine's feast). Joe and
Leah, our next door neighbors, took care of Elisha for us. They miss
their own grandchildren very much and welcomed the opportunity to enjoy
our little cupcake. Liz took a couple of days off from work while her
mom was in town and the three ladies had a grand time.
I've been extremely busy at work. We have a new systems release going
into QA on three different hardware platforms. We need to get it into
field test in June, so we're being asked to work overtime. I'll be glad
when the push is over.
On April first Liz found out that she's pregnant with twins[1].
This month we'll be heading to Florida for Passover. While we hope that
the logistics of traveling with an infant is not the nightmare we
anticipate, we do very much look forward to having our East Coast
relatives meet our little rosebud.
And speaking of flowers, our crocuses have bloomed and our tulips are
budding (one has blossomed). The irises should soon follow. The arrival
of spring is echoed in the Robin's song and charted in the cherry
blossoms which adorn the neighborhood.
Until next month, may your lives flower and your steps be filled with
spring.
we love and miss you all,
Sandy, Liz and Elisha
[1] You really didn't expect an April PfP with no tomfoolery, did you?
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Data harvested from http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pqr
CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR PORTLAND OREGON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
255 AM PST WED APR 01 1998
...TEMPERATURE...
HIGH YESTERDAY... 52
LOW YESTERDAY... 40
MEAN TEMP........ 46 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -3
NORMAL HIGH FOR TODAY... 58
NORMAL LOW FOR TODAY... 40
RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY... 79 SET IN 1987
RECORD LOW FOR TODAY... 30 SET IN 1971
...DEGREE DAY DATA...
HEATING
YESTERDAY... 19 DEPARTURE... 3
MONTH....... 498 DEPARTURE... -51
SEASON...... 3273 DEPARTURE... -489
COOLING
YESTERDAY... 0 DEPARTURE... 0
MONTH....... 0 DEPARTURE... 0
SEASON...... 0 DEPARTURE... 0
...PRECIPITATION...
YESTERDAY............. 0.07
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH... 4.06
NORMAL MONTH TO DATE.. 3.56
TOTAL FOR THE YEAR.... 16.10 TOTAL SINCE OCT 1... 29.56
NORMAL YEAR TO DATE... 12.76 NORMAL FROM OCT 1... 26.90
...WIND DATA IN MPH...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED YESTERDAY... 4.5
FASTEST 2-MIN WIND YESTERDAY... 10 FROM 30 DEGREES
PEAK WIND GUST YESTERDAY....... 14 FROM 30 DEGREES
...ASTRONOMICAL DATA...
SUNRISE TODAY...551 AM PST
SUNSET TODAY...637 PM PST
SUNRISE TOMORROW...549 AM PST
SUNSET TOMORROW...639 PM PST
MAR CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR PORTLAND OREGON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
255 AM PST WED APR 01 1998
TEMPERATURE DATA......
(DEGREES F)
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 48.8 OR 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 56.2
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 41.3
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 70 ON DAY 20
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 29 ON DAY 6
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREE DAYS
MONTHLY TOTAL ........... 498 MONTHLY TOTAL .......... 0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -51 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0
SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 3273 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -489 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... 0
PRECIPITATION DATA....
..RAIN..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 4.06 OR 0.50 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST..... 16.10 OR 3.34 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 1.02 INCHES ON DAY(S) 21-22
..SNOW..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0
TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS INCHES ON DAY(S) __ __
..NUMBER OF DAYS..
WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 22 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 12 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0
WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 2 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 3
WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............
NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR .. 31 [not!] HIGHEST 30.28 INCHES ON DAY 09
NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY .. 0 LOWEST 29.51 INCHES ON DAY 23
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY .. 0
WIND DATA.............
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS 6.6 MPH
THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS... 25 MPH FROM 210 DEGREES
THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS.... 33 FROM 210 DEGREES
REMARKS...
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
110 AM PST THU MAR 12 1998
...RECORD WARMTH ACROSS WESTERN OREGON YESTERDAY...
WEAK WINDS ALOFT AND ABUNDANCE OF SUNSHINE ALLOWED THE MERCURY TO
CLIMB INTO RECORD LEVELS ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN OREGON YESTERDAY.
FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED...
LOCATION TYPE MARCH 11TH OLD RECORD
TILLAMOOK NEW RCD HI 69 DEG 68 SET IN 1965
NORTH BEND NEW RCD HI 69 DEG 67 SET IN 1993
ROSEBURG NEW RCD HI 73 DEG 69 SET IN 1992
GOLD BEACH NEW RCD HI 67 DEG 65 SET IN 1981
NEWPORT NEW RCD HI 70 DEG 67 SET IN 1938
FLORENCE NEW RCD HI 73 DEG 64 SET IN 1993
CORVALLIS TIED RCD HI 72 DEG 72 SET IN 1934
EUGENE TIED RCD HI 71 DEG 71 SET IN 1938
OTHER LOCATIONS WERE QUITE WARM...WITH MANY CITIES REPORTING
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
--
Sandy, Liz & Elisha Tigard, Oregon School of Herring
webfeet@herring.org bigfish@sns-access.com http://www.herring.org/
And that's the news from Portland
where everything is green, rolling stones gather moss,
and the rainfall is always above average.
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